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Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear GAIN Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear Dr. Rita Baranwal Director, GAIN Advanced Reactor Briefing to NRC Commissioners April 24, 2018 INL-MIS-18-50189 What is GAIN? Mission: GAIN is: Provide the nuclear energy A private-public partnership framework industry with access to aimed at rapid and cost-effective technical, regulatory and development of innovative nuclear financial support necessary energy technologies towards market to move innovative nuclear readiness. energy technologies toward . commercialization in an accelerated and cost-effective fashion TRISO Fuel Particle @GAINnuclear gain.inl.gov GAIN Initiative: Simultaneous Achievement of Three Strategic Goals @GAINnuclear gain.inl.gov GAIN: Connecting nuclear innovators to DOE laboratory capabilities and RD&D programs Base Reactor Modeling & Crosscutting NRC Interface and Fuel Cycle Experimentation Simulation Design Support R&D Programs HPC Infrastructure Nuclear Licensing Advanced Nuclear Fuels Hybrid Energy Framework Fuel Cycles Verification and Instrumentation Validation Nuclear Gradual Advanced and Sensors Cyber Security Risk Reduction Reactors M&S Expertise Materials Science Digital I&C Licensing LW-based Reactor physics Test Reactors Human Factors Support Expertise Reactors Modeling and Simulation Expertise Unique Facilities Knowledge Management & Integration – GAIN – Industry and investor access to DOE capabilities and expertise @GAINnuclear gain.inl.gov Development & Regulatory Framework Support GAIN: Technology-Inclusive Framework GAIN: GAIN: DOE facility & DOE facility & capability capability access access Partner GAIN NE Voucher Recipient Title Facility AMS Corp. Radiation Aging of Nuclear Power Plant Components ORNL Knoxville, TN Methodology for Meeting Containment System Columbia Basin Consulting Group LLC Principal Design Criteria for Heavy Metal Fast Reactor PNNL Kennewick, WA Systems DYNAC Systems LLC Dynamic Natural Convection System INL Del Mar, CA Elysium Industries Synthesis of Molten Chloride Salt Fast Reactor Fuel FY 2017 GAIN INL / ANL Clifton Park, NY Salt from Spent Nuclear Fuel Development of an Integrated Mechanistic Source Vouchers: Fauske & Associates LLC Term Assessment Capability for Lead- and Sodium- ANL Burr Ridge, IL • 41 Letters of Intent Cooled Fast Reactors • GSE Systems Inc. Human Factors Engineering for the Move to Digital 32 Voucher requests INL Sykesville, MD Control Systems – Improved Strategies for Operations submitted NEAMS [Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Kairos Power LLC • 25 separate small Simulation] Thermal-Fluids Test Stand for Fluoride- ANL / INL Oakland, CA Salt-Cooled, High-Temperature Reactor Development businesses MicroNuclear LLC Development of the Microscale Nuclear Battery INL • 9 “returnees” Franklin, TN Reactor System • 16 new businesses Muons Inc. Conversion of Light Water Reactor Spent Nuclear fuel ORNL Batavia, IL to Fluoride Salt Fuel compared to the 2016 NuVision Engineering, Inc. Evaluation of Power Fluidic Pumping Technology for ORNL pilot Pittsburgh, PA Molten Salt Reactor Applications • ~$4.2M awarded to 14 Oklo Inc. Risk-Informed Mechanistic Source Term Calculations SNL/ANL Sunnyvale, CA for a Compact Fast Reactor small businesses SMR Inventec LLC Small Modular Reactor-160 Primary Flow Stability ORNL Camden, NJ IMSR® [Integral Molten Salt Reactor] Fuel Salt Terrestrial Energy USA Ltd. Property Confirmation: Thermal conductivity and ANL New York, NY Viscosity Transatomic Power Corporation Fuel Salt Characterization ANL Cambridge, MA Innovator Access to DOE Facilities and Expertise • Accident-Tolerant Fuels (ATF) • New ATF cladding conceived, developed, manufactured and tested at ORNL has been manufactured by Global Nuclear Fuels (GNF) into lead test assemblies, and shipped to Southern Nuclear Operating Company for trials in Edwin I Hatch plant. • FeCrAl cladding (IronClad) will be the first developed through US Department of Energy's (DOE) Enhanced Accident-tolerant Fuel program to be installed in a commercial nuclear reactor • Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) development • Training on MSR technology and MSRE experience has been provided to NRC via series of training courses • Continue to support the ARC-15 FOA with TerraPower on MSR technology development, including material development, corrosion expertise, salt properties, modeling & simulation, safeguards • Legacy reports from MSRE and MSBR have been released for developer community • Database development • Legacy fast reactor information, including EBR-II reactor physics and fuel performance data, and TREAT data on fuel transient testing and post-test examination. GAIN supported completion and activation of TREAT database (TREXR) for benefit of industry users. GAIN Interface with NRC • MOU between NRC and DOE on GAIN, November 10, 2016 • NRC provides DOE and GAIN community with current, accurate information on NRC licensing processes and regulations • GAIN website: @GAINnuclear Future Activities 2018 Workshops: • Gap Analysis on Standards and Codes for Advanced Reactors at NRC Offices: May 2, 2018 • Digital Instrumentation & Controls at Argonne National Lab: June 5-6, 2018 Database/catalog: • Develop a list of historical advanced-reactor documents to support knowledge transfer; facilitate access to key documents through OSTI • Develop and initiate the process to appropriately remove AT designation on high priority documents requested by industry Funding Opportunities: • Industry-focused FOA and Vouchers awarded quarterly for 5 years @GAINnuclear gain.inl.gov @GAINnuclear gain.inl.gov.
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